Shuesday: Big Love, Big City

And then there are New York weddings, when people wear black on days when it's ninety five degrees, and then complain there's no air conditioning in the hundred year old church.

At least your shoes are in love. Knots, that is.

Must haves: I blame Martha

There's something somehow appealing about fresh eggs. For brunch, for baking, for the pretty colours of Martha's Araucana chickens. And Omlet makes it so easy to put your own little chicken run together!

I'm sure the neighbours wouldn't mind ...

Also available for rabbits!

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Shuesday: Put your best (frontier) foot forward

When starting a new life, especially on the other side of the Continental Divide, it's often best to nod to local fashion classics. I'm sure these Gucci sandals can line dance with the best of them. And aren't we glad Saks delivers?

In which the Misses Bennet encounter Twitter

Pride and Twitterverse

TheRealJaneAusten:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife.

MrsB:
A Mr Bingley--worth 50,000 followers a year--has joined Twitter! He's brought a friend, Mr Darcy--worth 100,000 followers a year! Pls RT

MrsB:
@JaneB @LizzyB @MaryBsaphorisms @KittyB @LydiaB I will have one of you girls married into internet fame yet. Just you wait.

LizzyB:
@MrsB But mother, I think we can pull ourselves up by our dooce-straps just fine.

MrsB:
Blogcasting: How to find husbands for your daughters: http://tinyurl/momblog Now with free giveaway from our Etsy embroidery shop. Pls RT

LizzieB:
@JaneB If I could love a man who would love me enough to take me for a mere 50 followers, I should be well pleased...

LizzieB:
@JaneB ...but such a man wouldn’t be sensible & I could never love a man who was out of his twits. LOL

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Ummmmmm

Why didn't I dress like this when I was in high school? And don't blame the uniform.


I'm putting it down to the fact that she's a Florentine. Although I think I had the strand of knotted pearls ...

The Sartorialist

Self preservation

I take care of myself. Daily sunscreen, gym visits 2-3 times a week, relatively healthy consumption of food and alcohol, and no smoking. Occasional facials and other spa treatments, dips into wacky products that promise far more than they deliver - we've all done it.

But I can't imagine even wanting to look like this at 85:

(...) Ms. Vanderbilt could easily pass for 25 years younger. She still has the high cheeks and the wide, stretchy smile she flashed back in the ’80s, when she was selling jeans on television. She has a Brahminish, boarding-school accent but a down-to-earth steely determination. On days when she doesn’t write she paints or makes collages and Joseph Cornell-like “dream boxes,” some of which have been featured in literary magazines.

“I’m always in love, that’s one of my secrets,” she said recently, sitting in the living room of her apartment on Beekman Place. “I’m determined to be the best I can be for as long as I can, and when I’m not, I have my plans. I walk a lot and watch my diet. That’s the key of it. I’ve always had a lot of energy.”

Love is the answer to looking 25 years younger than you do? 'Cause there's nothing teen age-ish about my smile lines ...

Wednesday's Wordle: Emerald Revolution

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